Hey, Asian dudes.....

[Luzion]

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......many of the Asian men who play at Canterbury have very long finger nails. The majority only have a long pinky nail, although last night I saw a dude who had long nails on all fingers. There is a large Hmong community in the Twin Cities, but I am just a dumb white dude and cannot tell if these partciular Asians are Hmong, Chinese, Korean, Thai, etc. Anyone know anything abuot this nail thing? I'm curious.

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In more ancient times in China, having long finger nails was supposedly a status symbol. They had these long fancy metal things of gold and jewels that covered the finger nails so they wouldnt break. I think it started out in the Ching dynasty, because these TV series that are based during that era have the high ranking eunuchs wearing these long fingernail guard things while servants bring them tea and help them wear their clothes and stuff.

I think that the purpose was simply to show that you were very powerful and/or rich since long fingernails equals not having to work with your hands.

Nowadays, I pretty much only see guys with a long pinky nail or a long thumbnail at Chinese restaurants, and thats pretty rare. Its really gross when you see a Chinese guy bring you a bowl, and he holds it with his fingers supporting the bowl underneath and with his thumb grasping the top sides of the bowl and you see his long ass dirty black thumbnail almost touching your food.

If you see an asian guy with a long thumbnail, Im guessing its pretty likely he works in a restaurant as a waiter. There probably is a practical reason for them having it, maybe puncturing plastic wrap that covers the food or opening envelopes heh...